YouTube is a place where thousands of people are able to post their own family videos, favorite songs, and pictures for to share with family and friends. Now Google and YouTube are changing things up in hopes that they can improve their revenue. They will accomplish this by streaming full-length television programs.
They have already made a deal with CBS where they will be able to stream shows like “The Young and the Restless”, “Dexter”, and “90210”. YouTube stated this week that they are in talks with other partners – but they would not say anymore on that subject.
Google is one of the biggest search engines and they have found new and ingenious ways to expand to other areas of the Internet. Now they are trying something new in order to monetize large amounts of content found on the Internet. The new project is Google Adsense for Game.
The new ads will be able to run in Adobe Flash games above the browser. For months Google has been testing new formats and today they have launched on over a dozen games that are affiliated with Playfish, Zynga, Konami, and Demand Media.
Motorola is working to stop the most recent financial problems by focusing all of its effort into the new Android operating system. The company is hoping that the Android will be similar to the OS – but for cell phones. Already they have put together a team of 350 developers for the Android system to turn it into a mobile business.
Motorola is one of many of the original members of the OHA (Open Handset Alliance) – which is the main backers of Android. The one thing that Motorola and the other members have in common is the fact that they all use proprietary software interfaces. Motorola has always been weak when it comes to the software interface – but this might improve things.